omg…

…

Want to help stamp out bullying? Want to be a small but important part of making a change? Want to be part of the most innovative way to raise money for great causes? Crowd funding is where it is at so come and be a part of my next exciting project.

I am writing an amazing anti bullying themed super hero novel and am working with incredible artist CJ Franks to bring the characters to life. Then I will be taking my drama experience (I have a diploma in Dramatic Arts and have worked with kids all my life) and running a super hero anti bullying themed fun workshop for kids where they create their very own anti bullying hero that they then pledge to take into their own lives so they can be their own hero and use their power for good.

It’s an awesome project but it needs backers. Kickstarter just raised 4 million dollars in a few days to make the new Veronica Mars movie. I want to write a book and teach kids how to love one another. I don’t need anywhere near the money they raised for the movie but i do need help. Comic con have expressed interest in the workshop and I would love to launch it there (as a FREE workshop for kids).…

Okay so my son Kai is forever rescuing animals. We have had a long line of stray dogs, birds, lizards, turtles, guinea pigs, stick insects, frogs, hamsters etc etc etc. We often joke that we run a zoo/rescue shelter and I have become quite adept at caring for a litany of sick and injured critters (of human and animal variety).

So it was no surprise that 2 days ago Kai came in with a TINY baby chick he had found near his friend’s house. It must have been barely a couple of days old so I did not hold high hopes for it surviving. I gave him the prepare yourself to bury it speech, then went about setting up a nest, a lamp, baby food etc.

Well last night was cold and I came in this morning, Easter Sunday here in LA and it was in the corner of the box lifeless, limp, eyes closed over, toes curled up. I picked it up and held it in my hands, ready to bury it when I noticed it had an ever so slight breath in it. I figured I would nurse it as it crossed over to chicken heaven then bury it out in the garden.…

I’ve been waiting for this to go up on the Ricki Lake website to share. I do with the intention of sharing my journey of healing with so many others like me who don’t have a voice, who are stigmatized with all sorts of discrimination, including the likes of which I have seen in the last few weeks since pictures of me overweight have emerged in the media. So many had lots of opinions on the matter, none of them coming close to understanding or even caring to understand that there is a story of pain to my weight gain, and in healing my heart I hope and pray my body will respond. It is time to let go of the protection I have layered upon myself to keep the world away to stop the hurt, because quite frankly it just didn’t work. The hurt still seeps in no matter how big you get and in many cases seems to have given people the belief they have even more right to hurt me judging by the spate of recent emails I have received from people who don’t even know me.

On March 21st the Australian Government will formally apologize to adoptees and their birth parents, for stealing their love, their lives, their self worth from them.…